Free, downloadable Open Source Wood 3D design objects for BIM and CAD software
Metsä Wood’s Open Source Wood Initiative and ProdLib, a free library of 3D design models, join forces to make the latest innovation in wood-based construction easily available to everyone. With ProdLib library, you can now download the elements available on Open Source Wood to your design software. The Open Source Wood initiative was started by Metsä Wood, the Finnish frontrunner in wood-based construction. This independent and open portal where anyone can contribute ideas allows designers, te...
Bentley Systems Wins Downstream Award for Digitalization
Software Provider Helps Dow Chemical Company Implement AWP Best Practices Across the Organization HOUSTON – Downstream Awards – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, and Digital Construction Works (DCW), a Bentley Systems and Topcon Positioning Group joint venture providing digital automation, integration, and “twinning” services, arou...
Dewberry Selected to Collect GIS Data for Loudoun Water
Firm will produce record drawings and capture GIS data in Loudoun County, Virginia. Loudoun Water in Loudoun County, Virginia, selected Dewberry to produce record drawings and capture geographic information systems (GIS) data for its potable water, reclaimed water, and wastewater systems. Dewberry was one of three firms to receive an award under this contract. The firm is providing survey-grade positional measurements for the infrastructure and will use those measurements to produce the...
Contech Releases New Design Your Own Hydrodynamic Separator
West Chester, OH – Contech® Engineered Solutions recently launched a new online tool for designing hydrodynamic separators. The Design Your Own Hydrodynamic Separator (DYOHDS®) tool helps to automate the design process for hydrodynamic separators, providing calculations, drawings and specifications that engineers can use in creating project plans. The free tool is available at www.conteches.com/dyohds. The DYOHDS tool allows users to enter site-specific information that is used to ensure the...
DigEplan Integrates Electronic Plan Review to Cityworks Platform
DigEplan, a leading integrated electronic plan review solution, and GIS-centric public asset management solution firm, Cityworks have worked to combine platforms, bringing Cityworks customers the powerful functionality of an integrated tool for electronic plan review. Announcing the joint venture at the Cityworks Conference in Salt Lake City, December 4 – 6th, Cityworks PLL (permits, licensing and land) customers will be able to see DigEplan in action. “DigEplan’s integration into Citywork...
Microdesk’s BIMrx Core Optimizes Project Collaboration Through Roundtrip Data Management
New York, NY - Global BIM consulting firm Microdesk, a leading provider of business and technology services for the design and construction industry, has released BIMrx Core, an application designed to allow Revit and non-Revit users to harness the power of advanced selections and Microsoft Excel to quantify and manipulate model data quickly and efficiently. BIMrx Core provides an intuitive, native interface to create advanced selections of model geometry and roundtrip that information betwee...
SimActive Introduces New LiDAR Workflow
Montreal, Canada – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces a new LiDAR workflow integrated in its Correlator3D™ product. The capability allows to import a point cloud in the software and to perform registration with an image dataset. Using LiDAR as control eliminates the need for traditional ground control points (GCPs) when processing the photos. The registration occurs during aerial triangulation, leading to a precise alignment of imagery with the Li...
GUTERMANN launches the world’s first NB-IoT-based water leak detection technology
Baar/Switzerland, 2nd December 2019: GUTERMANN, a global leader in leak detection solutions for the water industry, today announces the launch of ZONESCAN NB-IoT – the world’s first water leak detecting noise logger based on Narrowband Internet of Things (“NB-IoT”) for permanent monitoring of water distribution mains. The official launch market launch is on the 4th December, coinciding with the first World Water Loss Day and the start of the North America Water Loss exhibition in Nashville where...
IdeateApps Updates Include New Revit Sheet and View Functionalities
San Francisco, CA – Ideate Software, a veteran Autodesk Developer Network member, announced enhancements to IdeateApps, its collection of Revit add-on tools that streamline tasks daily Autodesk Revit users perform most often. “The majority of the updates in this release improve the way Revit users manage sheets and views,” said Glynnis Patterson, Director of Software Development. “Earlier this year, we asked for ideas on how to enhance Revit productivity, and one recurring theme from the 500+...
Water Systems Council Introduces Infrastructure Planning Resource for Rural Communities
WASHINGTON – The Water Systems Council (WSC), the only national nonprofit organization solely focused on household wells and water well systems, has launched a comprehensive online guide to financial and planning resources for rural community drinking water infrastructure projects – waterprojectfunds.com. The new website follows the recent WSC-championed Water Supply Cost Savings Act, which requires that alternative drinking water supplies such as individual, shared and community wells be con...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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